Shareholders can confirm their shareholding balance on the Registrars' website.

If you wish to contact the Registrars by telephone or e-mail please see the Registrars section in Investor Contacts.

Dividends

A final dividend for 2018 of 52.4c per share was approved for payment at the 2019 Annual General Meeting and was paid in respect of Ordinary Shares on 30 April 2019. An interim dividend for 2019 of 20c per share was paid in respect of Ordinary Shares on 25 September 2019.

If you wish to contact the Registrars in relation to your dividend payments please see the Registrars section in Investor Contacts.

Shareholders can obtain dividend payment information on the Registrars' website. Please note, this online service requires you to register a UserID.

If you wish to contact the Registrars by telephone or email please see the Registrars section in Investor Contacts.

Dividend Withholding Tax (DWT) must be deducted from dividends paid by an Irish resident company, unless a shareholder is entitled to an exemption and has submitted a properly completed exemption form to the Company´s Registrars, Link Asset Services. DWT is deducted at a rate of 25%. Non-resident shareholders and certain Irish companies, trusts, pension schemes, investment undertakings and charities may be entitled to claim exemption from DWT. Shareholders should note that DWT will be deducted from dividends in cases where a properly completed form has not been received by the record date for a dividend. Individuals who are resident in Ireland for tax purposes are not entitled to an exemption.

Shareholders who wish to have their dividend paid direct to a bank account, by electronic funds transfer can do so by logging onto www.signalshares.com, the share portal for Link Asset Services (the “Registrars”), selecting CRH plc and registering for the share portal (the “Share Portal”). Shareholders should note that they will need to have their Investor Code (found on their share certificate), and follow the instructions online to register. Alternatively, shareholders can complete a paper dividend mandate form and submit it to the Registrars. A copy of the form can be obtained by logging onto the Share Portal and following the instructions. Tax vouchers will continue to be sent to the shareholder’s registered address under these arrangements.

If you wish to contact the Registrars by telephone or e-mail please see the Registrars section in Investor Contacts.

Dividends in respect of 7% 'A' Cumulative Preference Shares are paid half-yearly on 5thApril and 5thOctober.

Dividends in respect of 5% Cumulative Preference Shares are paid half-yearly on 15thApril and 15thOctober.

Dividends are generally paid in euro. However, in order to avoid costs to shareholders, dividends are paid in Sterling and US Dollars to shareholders whose address, according to the Share Register, is in the UK and the United States respectively, unless they require otherwise.

As the above arrangements can be inflexible for institutional shareholders, where shares are held in CREST, dividends are automatically paid in euro unless a currency election is made. CREST members should use the facility in CREST to make currency elections. Such elections must be made in respect of entire holdings as partial elections are not permissible.

Share prices/listings

The share price at 31 December 2019 was €35.67 (Stg £30.42). The market capitalisation of the Group at that date was €28.2bn (Stg £24.0bn).

During 2019, the movements in the CRH share price were as follows: High: €36.25 (Stg £31.00) Low: €22.89 (Stg £20.72)

CRH has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), a secondary listing on Euronext Dublin (formerly the Irish Stock Exchange) and its American Depositary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

The ADR programme is administered by the Bank of New York Mellon and enquiries regarding ADRs should be addressed to:

Electronic communications

Following the introduction of the 2007 Transparency Regulations, and in order to adopt a more environmentally friendly and cost effective approach, the Company provides the Annual Report to shareholders electronically via the CRH website and only sends a printed copy to those shareholders who specifically request a copy.

Shareholders who choose to do so can receive other shareholder communications, for example, notices of General Meetings and shareholder circulars, electronically and can register their email address on the Registrars' website. However, shareholders will continue to receive printed proxy forms, dividend documentation and, if the Company deems it appropriate, other documentation by post.

Shareholders can alter the method by which they receive communications by contacting the Company’s Registrars, Link Asset Services. Please refer to the Registrars section in Investor Contacts for contact details and a link to their website.

Shareholder Rights/General Meetings

A member or members holding at least 3% of the issued share capital, representing at least 3% of the total voting rights of all the members who have a right to vote at the AGM, may put an item on the agenda of the meeting and table a draft resolution for an item on the agenda of the meeting. To be included, an agenda item must be consistent with Irish company law and the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association. In addition, it must not be defamatory, frivolous or vexatious.

To put an item on the agenda of an AGM, each such item must be received by the Company not later than 42 days prior to the date of the AGM (in respect of the 2020 AGM, the deadline is 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 11 March 2020) and accompanied by (i) stated grounds justifying the inclusion of the agenda item, or (ii) a draft resolution to be adopted at the meeting.

A request to table a draft resolution must:

set out the text of the draft resolution in full

be received by the Company not later than 42 days prior to the date of the AGM. In respect of the 2020 AGM, draft resolutions must be received by 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 11 March 2020;

identify the number of shares being committed in support of the draft resolution by each shareholder; and

be either in:

hard copy form, signed by the member or members, stating the full name(s) and address(es) and account designation(s), if applicable, of the member or members, and sent to the Company Secretary, CRH plc, 42 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, Ireland; or

in electronic form, stating the full name(s) and address(es) and account designation(s), if applicable, of the member or members, and sent by e-mail to[email protected].

Irish company law stipulates that shareholders have the right to ask questions relating to an agenda item at general meetings. Shareholders' questions must be answered, unless the information requested is confidential or would be prejudicial to the business interests of the Company.

In order for a draft resolution to be included on the agenda of an AGM, it must be capable of being passed, or otherwise be effective, and it must be consistent with Irish company law and the Company´s Memorandum and Articles of Association. In addition, any draft resolution must not be defamatory, frivolous or vexatious.

The date of the next AGM can be found in the AGM section under Investors.

Shareholders may lodge a proxy form for AGMs electronically.

Shareholders who wish to submit proxies via the internet may do so by accessing Link Asset Services' website (please see the Registrars section in Investor Contacts for a link to their website). Shareholders must register for this service online before proxy forms can be lodged electronically.

CREST members wishing to appoint a proxy via CREST should refer to the CREST Manual.